List of 1998 box office number-one films in the United States explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1998.^[1]

Number-one films

	Weekend end date	Film	Box office	Notes
1		Titanic	$33,315,278		^[2]
2			$28,716,310	Titanic became the first film since The Birdcage to top the box office for four consecutive weekends.	^[3]
3			$30,010,633	Titanic became the first film since The Fugitive to top the box office for five consecutive weekends and gross more than $20 million for five weekends.	^[4] ^[5]
4			$25,238,720	Titanic became the first film since The Fugitive to top the box office for six consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Jerry Maguire to top the box office in its sixth weekend.	^[6]
5			$25,907,172	Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for seven consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Forrest Gump to top the box office in its seventh weekend.	^[7]
6			$23,027,838	Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for eight consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Aladdin to top the box office in its eighth weekend.	^[8]
7			$28,167,947	Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for nine consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Forrest Gump to top the box office in its ninth weekend.	^[9]
8			$21,036,343	Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for ten consecutive weekends as well as the first film since Forrest Gump to top the box office in its tenth weekend. It also became the first film to gross more than $10 million for ten consecutive weekends. It reaches that level for another six weekends.	^[10]
9			$19,633,056	Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for eleven consecutive weekends.	^[11]
10			$17,605,849	Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for twelve consecutive weekends.	^[12]
11			$17,578,815	Titanic became the first film since Beverly Hills Cop to top the box office for thirteen consecutive weekends. Initial estimates had The Man in the Iron Mask as the number one film.	^[13]
12			$17,165,239	Titanic became the first film since Star Wars to top the box office for fourteen consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to top the box office in its fourteenth weekend.	^[14]
13			$15,213,500	Titanic became one of only two films to top the box office for fifteen consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Beverly Hills Cop to top the box office in its fifteenth weekend. It set a new record for the most consecutive weekends at #1 of the modern era.	^[15]
14		Lost in Space	$20,154,919	Lost in Space broke Indecent Proposals record ($18.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in April.	^[16]
15		City of Angels	$15,369,048		^[17]
16			$12,332,194		^[18]
17		The Big Hit	$10,809,424		^[19]
18		He Got Game	$7,610,663		^[20]
19		Deep Impact	$41,152,375		^[21]
20			$23,266,622		^[22]
21		Godzilla	$44,047,541	Godzilla had the highest weekend debut in 1998.	^[23]
22			$18,020,444		^[24]
23		The Truman Show	$31,542,121		^[25]
24			$20,010,580		^[26]
25		The X-Files	$30,138,758		^[27]
26		Doctor Dolittle	$29,014,324		^[28]
27		Armageddon	$36,089,972		^[29]
28		Lethal Weapon 4	$34,048,124		^[30]
29		The Mask of Zorro	$22,525,855		^[31]
30		Saving Private Ryan	$30,576,104		^[32]
31			$23,601,801		^[33]
32			$17,398,000		^[34]
33			$13,157,819	Saving Private Ryan became the first film since Titanic to top the box office for four consecutive weekends.	^[35]
34		Blade	$17,073,856		^[36]
35			$10,925,976		^[37]
36		There's Something About Mary	$10,920,201	There's Something About Mary reached #1 in its eighth weekend of release. It also became the first film since Titanic to top the box office in its eighth weekend.	^[38]
37		Rounders	$8,459,126		^[39]
38		Rush Hour	$33,001,803	Rush Hour broke The First Wives Clubs record ($18.9 mil) for the highest weekend debut in September.	^[40]
39			$21,202,929		^[41]
40		Antz	$17,195,160	Antz broke Stargates record ($16.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October.	^[42]
41			$14,713,918		^[43]
42		Practical Magic	$13,104,694		^[44]
43		Pleasantville	$8,855,063		^[45]
44		Vampires	$9,106,497		^[46]
45		The Waterboy	$39,414,071	The Waterboy broke s record ($37.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut in November.	^[47]
46			$24,431,129		^[48]
47		The Rugrats Movie	$27,321,470	The Rugrats Movie broke Beavis and Butt-Head Do Americas record ($20.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film.	^[49]
48		A Bug's Life	$33,258,052		^[50]
49			$17,174,218		^[51]
50			$22,052,836		^[52]
51		You've Got Mail	$18,426,749		^[53]
52		Patch Adams	$25,262,280		^[54]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross

Highest-grossing films of 1998 by calendar gross:^[55]

Rank	Title	Studio(s)	Actor(s)	Director(s)	Gross
1.	Titanic	Paramount Pictures	Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Gloria Stuart, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton	James Cameron	$488,194,015
2.	Armageddon	Walt Disney Studios	Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David and Steve Buscemi	Michael Bay	$198,798,517
3.	Saving Private Ryan	DreamWorks Pictures	Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg and Jeremy Davies	Steven Spielberg	$190,805,259
4.	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Lee Evans and Chris Elliott	Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly	$174,422,745
5.	The Waterboy	Walt Disney Studios	Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed and Henry Winkler	Frank Coraci	$147,895,431
6.	Dr. Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Jeffrey Tambor, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff, Raven-Symoné, Kyla Pratt, Norm MacDonald and Chris Rock	Betty Thomas	$144,156,605
7.	Deep Impact	Paramount Pictures	Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell and Morgan Freeman	Mimi Leder	$140,464,664
8.	Godzilla	TriStar Pictures	Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner and Harry Shearer	Roland Emmerich	$136,314,294
9.	Rush Hour	New Line Cinema	Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn, Elizabeth Peña, Tzi Ma, Ken Leung, Mark Rolston and Rex Linn	Brett Ratner	$136,065,335
10.	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver	Gus Van Sant	$133,793,781

In-year release

Highest-grossing films of 1998 by in-year release^[56]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Saving Private Ryan		$216,540,909
2.	Armageddon		$201,578,182
3.	There's Something About Mary		$176,484,651
4.	A Bug's Life		$162,798,565
5.	The Waterboy		$161,491,646
6.	Dr. Dolittle		$144,156,605
7.	Rush Hour		$141,186,864
8.	Deep Impact		$140,464,664
9.	Godzilla		$136,314,294
10.	Patch Adams		$135,026,902

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1998

G	A Bug's Life
PG	The Truman Show
PG-13	Armageddon
R	Saving Private Ryan

See also

• List of American films — American films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1998. .
2. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend). Box Office Mojo.
5. Daily Variety. September 8, 1999. A1. Variety's Summer Cup: Milestones.
6. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
9. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
12. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
21. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
22. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
23. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
24. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
25. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
26. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
27. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
28. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
29. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
30. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
31. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
33. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
34. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
35. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
36. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
37. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 35. Box Office Mojo.
38. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
39. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
40. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
41. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
42. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
43. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 41. Box Office Mojo.
44. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
45. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
48. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
49. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo.
50. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
51. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksggiving). Box Office Mojo.
52. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
53. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
54. Web site: Domestic 1998 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
55. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1998. Box Office Mojo. February 16, 2020.
56. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1998 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 16, 2020.